American film,
Civilization by Thomas Ince.
I was completely overwhelmed
by this masterpiece of the time.
It was then that I decided
to be a film director. ''
PEARL WHITE
Ozu graduated
from high school in 1 92 1.
His father convinced him to apply
to the trade school
his brother was attending,
but he failed and
had to wait another year.
In 1 922, after failing twice,
he became a grade-school
substitute teacher in Miyamae.
After an hour train ride
from Matsuzaka,
it was a long bus trip to the small town
deep in the mountains.
He never forced lessons on us.
EIZO MORIMOTO - FORMER OZU PUPIL
He just said,
''If you don't learn this, it's your loss.
I'm teaching you
because it's my job.
If you don't want to learn,
that's not my problem.
It will be your loss.
If you want to learn, then learn.''
He often said that.
Naturally, I got better grades
when he taught us that way.
And every Sunday
he walked up the mountain?
- Yes.
- That mountain?
- That one?
- Yes. It's 3,450 feet high.
That's right.
And he liked
wearing wooden sandals.
Big ones.
They were like cutting boards.
Wearing those big sandals and a kimono -
he always woreJapanese clothing -
he'd set out for the mountain.
Wasn't there another
teacher at the school,
a beautiful woman?
Very beautiful.
Were they in love?
Well, let me see.
I was only 1 0 years old then.
If there was anything going on
between them, I didn't know.
Ozu spent his days in the mountains.
He sketched and wrote poetry.
He was anxious to be a film director.
That much is certain.
In 1 923, his sister Toki
graduated in Matsuzaka.
Ozu left his teaching position
and moved back to Tokyo with her,
reuniting the family once again.
Here, Ozu jumped at
the coveted chance to work in film.
On August 1, 1 923,
he started working at Shochiku Films'
Kamata Studios as an assistant cameraman.
It was the summer
ofhis 20th year.
Was his father opposed?
Yes, he was. Being old-fashioned,
he didn't approve at first.
What did he want him to be?
NOBUZO OZU - BROTHER
TOKU YAMASHITA - SISTER
I don't know exactly what
our father wanted him to be.
In those days, filmmakers
weren't well thought of.
Back then, filmmaking was hardly
considered a respectable profession.
But your mother reacted differently?
She did, didn't she?
But there wasn't anything
she could do about it.
There wasn't?
No. He wanted to do it so badly.
There was no alternative
but to let him do
what he wanted so badly.
A month after Ozu started work
at Kamata Studios,
the great Kanto earthquake
took place, on September 1 st.
His home in Fukagawa
burned down.
Ozu walked all the way home
from Kamata, arriving at night.
Remembering those days, Ozu said,
''The only director over 30 back then
was Hotei Nomura.
My mother saw a Yasujiro Shimazu film,
and she thought it was mine.
She said,
'Yasujiro even changed his name to Shimazu,
because he's so ashamed ofhis job. '''
In 1 92 4, he passed his induction exam
for military service.
He was conscripted into
the Tokyo Fourth Infantry Regiment.
He was not very good at training,
but he was smart.
As the time for drills approached,
he made sure the doctor would
find something wrong with him
and thus managed to be
excused from exercises.
Ayear later, he was discharged
with the rank of sergeant.
He returned to Shochiku Films.
In 1 92 7,
the head of the studio, Shiro Kido,
assigned him to direct period

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